2018, Number 3
International trends in publications about physical exercise during menopause
Torres-Pascual C
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ABSTRACT
Objective: the purpose of the study was to identify the status of the publications about physical exercise during menopause indexed in PubMed, PEDro and LILACS (2012-2016).Methods: the bibliometric indicators applied were output, authorship-collaboration, Bradford dispersion and impact. To identify the more mentioned articles and the impact of the magazines, the Web of Science was consulted, and also SCImago Journal Rank to know index H of the magazines.
Results: 137 records were retrieved from 86 journals. Output growth was found to have been linear (R2= 0.99). The topics most commonly dealt with were menopause (58.04 %), postmenopause (22.37 %), perimenopause (5.59 %), quality of life (14.05 %), metabolic disorders (7.23 %), osteoporosis (5.88 %), vasomotor changes (3.19 %), cardiovascular changes (1.35 %), cancer (3.16 %), pain and sleep (0.90 %). The transience index was 89.43 %. The main producer was the United States (18.97 %) and the most relevant author was R. Luoto (6.61 %). Co-authoring accounts for 97.10 % of the output (5.68 ± 4.31), institutional collaboration was 46.10 % (1.75 ± 0.62), and country output 11.27 % (1.14 ± 0.17). R. Luoto was the author with the greatest centrality and intermediation in the collaboration network. 58.14 % of the journals had an impact factor. Almost the entire output was published in English. The core journals were Menopause, Climacteric, Maturitas, Age, BMC Women's Health, Osteoporosis International and Brazilian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Outstanding journals were Maturitas for its impact and Menopause for its output.
Conclusions: results show lack of scientific consolidation in the topic dealt with. Annual output growth is poor, whereas the transience index is high. The trend is to publish in international English language journals to obtain greater visibility. Further research should be conducted about the subject, and more researchers from different geographic regions should be engaged.